A One-Day ACT Workshop for Emotional Eating

NCT03744780 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: 143-0818
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 32
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Emotional eating is a behaviour that has been linked to weight concerns, mental health concerns, and disordered eating. Effective interventions have been developed to treat emotional eating, however these exist solely in the context of promoting weight loss. Emotional eating is not exclusive to those who struggle with weight and thus interventions are needed that target those who engage in emotional eating regardless of their weight status. The present study aims to do so through the implementation of a one day Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) workshop for emotional eaters.

Conditions

Emotional Eating; Eating Behavior

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Emotional Eating - 2-weeks Post-intervention

  Emotional eating, as assessed by the Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire Emotional Eating Subscale (DEBQ-EE). Participants are asked to rate the frequency with which they engage in particular eating behaviours, on a 5-point Likert-type rating scale from never (1) to very often (5), with higher scores reflecting higher emotional eating. Only the emotional eating subscale of the DEBQ will be assessed and is calculated by averaging the 13 items that assess emotional eating.

  Assessed from baseline to 2-weeks post-intervention and 3-months post-intervention

• Emotional Eating - 3-months Post-Intervention

  Emotional eating, as assessed by the Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire Emotional Eating Subscale (DEBQ-EE). Participants are asked to rate the frequency with which they engage in particular eating behaviours, on a 5-point Likert-type rating scale from never (1) to very often (5), with higher scores reflecting higher emotional eating. Only the emotional eating subscale of the DEBQ will be assessed and is calculated by averaging the 13 items that assess emotional eating.

  Assessed from baseline to 2-weeks post-intervention and 3-months post-intervention

Secondary Outcomes (13)

• Distress Tolerance - 2-weeks Post-Intervention

  Assessed from baseline to 2-weeks post-intervention and 3-months post-intervention

• Distress Tolerance - 3-months Post-Intervention

  Assessed from baseline to 2-weeks post-intervention and 3-months post-intervention

• Food Craving Acceptance and Action - 2-weeks Post-intervention

  Assessed from baseline to 2-weeks post-intervention and 3-months post-intervention

• Food Craving Acceptance and Action - 3-months Post-intervention

  Assessed from baseline to 2-weeks post-intervention and 3-months post-intervention

• Mindful Eating - 2-weeks Post-intervention

  Assessed from baseline to 2-weeks post-intervention and 3-months post-intervention

Study Arms (1)

ACT Workshop for Emotional Eating

EXPERIMENTAL

All participants will be assigned to a one-day intervention using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) techniques to help reduce emotional eating.

Behavioral: ACT Workshop for Emotional Eating

Interventions

ACT Workshop for Emotional Eating BEHAVIORAL

This is a one-day intervention using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) technique to target and reduce emotional eating. The intervention will be modeled after Frayn and Knäuper's (2016) brief emotional eating intervention, which was derived from Forman et al.'s (2013) "Mind Your Health program". During the workshop, the following topics will be discussed, based on the three processes of ACT: (1) values clarification/commitment, (2) acceptance/distress tolerance, and (3) mindfulness/awareness.

ACT Workshop for Emotional Eating

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Gender Eligibility Details: Intervention is open to all participants regardless of gender identity.
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Engaging in emotional eating as per a DEBQ-EE score of 3.25 or higher
• Being over the age of 18

You may not qualify if:

• Being under the age of 18

Sponsors & Collaborators

• McGill University: lead

Study Sites (1)

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, H3A1G1, Canada

Location

Related Publications (10)

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  PMID: 23666772 BACKGROUND

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  PMID: 20138944 BACKGROUND

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  PMID: 27804255 BACKGROUND

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  PMID: 28446499 BACKGROUND

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  PMID: 17209703 BACKGROUND

• Frayn M, Khanyari S, Knauper B. A 1-day acceptance and commitment therapy workshop leads to reductions in emotional eating in adults. Eat Weight Disord. 2020 Oct;25(5):1399-1411. doi: 10.1007/s40519-019-00778-6. Epub 2019 Sep 20.

  PMID: 31541426 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Emotional Eating; Feeding Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Behavior, Animal

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Mallory Frayn, PhD(c)
• Organization: McGill University

mallory.frayn@mail.mcgill.ca

N/A

Study Officials

• Mallory Frayn, PhD (c)

  McGill University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Bärbel Knäuper, PhD

  McGill University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: All participants will be assigned to the same intervention.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 2, 2018
• First Posted: November 16, 2018
• Study Start: November 1, 2018
• Primary Completion: March 5, 2019
• Study Completion: March 5, 2019
• Last Updated: November 14, 2019
• Results First Posted: November 14, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP
• Time Frame: Upon publication of the study results.
• Access Criteria: Upon request from other researchers.

Locations

CA (1)